I would say that if a 'device' has been geo-tracked to be present both in Crooks' home in small town Bethel Park, PA and also, of all places, in downtown Washington DC (240 miles distant), this is certainly somewhat improbable and a lead worth following. Especially if the device didn't belong to Crooks...But that's just me.
Really? By your terms it's improbable for any resident of Bethel Park PA to have ever traveled to the Imperial City? Without any reference to a time frame? No other relevant factors?
I'd be willing to bet that any person who has been in contact with Crooks will be interviewed, if they haven't already been interviewed. However, I find it improbable that that one trip to DC was undertaken to report to FBI handlers at a "diner", as is implied. There are far more discrete, low profile ways of handling this. There are such things as encrypted communications.
Before posting, I thought you might say this! Not *any* resident of Bethel Park, but a resident of Bethel Park who has been in Crooks' home. Of course it might be a false lead. But if it were me investigating I would follow it up...But, again, that's just me.
I'm trying to picture myself as the FBI handler of whoever that was. Yeah, c'mon to DC to meet with me--and make sure you keep the battery in your phone/device! C'mon to the place in the US with probably the highest number of security cameras per square foot in the US.
I know. The absence of any social media presence suggests that Crooks was trying to cover his tracks, electronic or otherwise. Why would the possessor of this device which was apparently found in Crooks' house (!) not power down his phone when he travelled to DC? So many questions...
I wonder if anyone has a grouping of the shots? If 8 shots were fired then Cook may not have been aiming for Trump after-all.
Could the patsy have been set up to be the secret hero to save Trump and target his supposed would be assassin? Then take the fall for trying to assassinate Trump?
His brazenness would suggest he had some ‘inside’ knowledge and knew he wouldn’t be harassed.
Assuming that the FBI is not lying (not always a given) about recovering 8 casings near Crooks, that would explain the volley of 3 shots and volley of 5 shots in all the recordings. I’ve seen a variety of explanations for the different acoustics, some of which seem plausible.
However, I’ve still not seen any responses to the John Cullen video where he shows 4 or 5 people on the top row of the bleachers reacting to the first gun shot. They were not all in the line of fire of a single bullet from Crooks’ position, yet all of them appear to have been grazed or hit, or their clothes or possessions hit, simultaneously with the first shot. Also, there is a puff of smoke from a bullet hitting the railing, but the railing was not behind any of the people who were wounded from Crooks’ line of fire on shot one.
Cullen presents his analysis from minutes 53 to 75 in this video. I’ve imagined a variety of explanations from deceptive photo angles to variable neuronal response times, but the spread of victims just can’t be reconciled with a single shot from Crooks’ position. What do you think?
I doubt they would be involved also, but I don't trust them to investigate fully. They did nothing when Hillary committed crimes. James Comey said no reasonable prosecutor would prosecute someone for having classified material on a sever in her house? WTH? People go to jail for taking pictures of the submarine they serve on.
Reasonable prosecutors do prosecute guilty people no matter who they are. I'm afraid the agency that we all once trusted takes sides now. If Trump did what she did they would definitely investigate and prosecute. I'm sorry it is like this. It's hard to believe. I wish I could believe otherwise, but covering for Bidens crimes hunters crimes and hillaries crimes shows other wise. I wish the agency was full of the good old non partisan honest people like you Mark, I'm afraid it's not anymore.
Yes IF it is a legit investigation. But we have seen The FBI scoop up evidence of Bidens money laundering family and Hunters crimes and sit on them forever claiming it is "under investigation".
A Congressman on TV the other night said he "does not trust" The FBI and their investigation.
First, full disclosure. I've been to Gallery Pl. myself--to attend a wedding reception.
I'll go out on a limb and say that as far as the FBI investigation is concerned, I believe the greater danger is a coverup of wrongdoing of some sort, rather than that the FBI was involved in the assassination. And no regular reader here thinks I trust the FBI.
But regarding this Oversight Project, they omit very relevant data--dates and times. Without that information the other data is essentially meaningless. I'd be very suspicious of people who cherry pick what data they're going to present.
After the Whiter kidnapping plot and J6 involvement, I wouldn't trust Wray or anyone else in the eff-bee-eye to get within spitting distance of investigating this.
I think the Russian perspective is the correct one. Some people want to eliminate the two candidates "by hook or by crook". They tried to use the Courts to eliminate Trump, first to get him thrown off the ballot, then trying to put him in prison. Those attempts failed. They tried to get Trump to come get the classified papers and he refused so they sent it to him instead, then raided his house! But Jack Smith was appointed illegally so The Judge has tossed that case too. What are desperate people to do?
It could be a meeting at a diner for lunch in the area with a "contact". Staying out of the office itself. It's suspicious and for that phone to go dead the day before is suspicious.
That doesn't actually work. The device was a "regular" visitor to Crooks' residence and work, but as far as we know only visited Gallery Pl. in DC *once.* That could have been for any reason at all. Surely the device didn't drop from the sky into Gallery Pl.? If not, then that device was also in other places in DC, but we haven't been told where those other places are. That's not a very strong correlation--I've done this type of analysis. The two FBI buildings "in the same vicinity"--we don't know which is being referred to--are both blocks away. It's just not a strong correlation.
If this is a legit investigation the FBI is all over every single one of Crooks' contacts, but Wray is not going to identify those people in public testimony. I would bet that they know who the "regular" visitor is and have contacted the person.
The reason why Hanlon's Razor shouldn't apply to this incident is that this CANNOT be attributed to mere stupidity. The level of incompetence needed to allow a man armed with a rifle within 140 yards in an elevated position with a direct line of sight to a Secret Service protectee is simply not possible given what we know about the history and training of the Secret Service. It isn't a possible explanation.
The Secret Service suddenly forgot about protecting an elevated position within 140 yards of the man they were supposed to protect? And they allowed a man with a rifle to shoot him in the head? All because of incompetence? There isn't enough DEI in the world to explain that.
Of course, this doesn't mean that the SS had to be working with Crooks or have some master plan. They simply had to leave a wide opening, knowing that they had ginned up enough hatred for the next 'Hitler' to allow a deranged young man or a trained Iranian assassin - anyone would do - to step through.
E team including non Ss people from homeland security led by cyber security Ss person (ss includes cyber security, trafficked kids, and protection of senior officials).
Even the E team knows that you have to protect rooftops within easy rifle range of the former/next President. Even I know that. And I have zero experience with protective detail of any kind. It doesn't pass the smell test to allow that rooftop to be open. This isn't a close call.
I won't say there's no connection--I don't know one way or another. I will say that for now that's like saying someone's phone was found "in the vicinity of the Capitol" on J6. Not probative of a thing, but a possible lead.
The Heritage Foundation went and bought what is known as geofencing information for his residence, and workspaces to see who visited him before the attempt. They discovered 3 phones visited him at work and home prior to the attempt, some went dead afterwards. At least one of the phones also visited Washington DC very near an FBI field office. Go look it up.
Mark, did you comment on Chris Martenson’s theories yet? https://x.com/chrismartenson/status/1816444044022604010?s=46&t=EuxEiWMjGE3Rla9ylRGf7A
Yes. At considerable length.
https://meaninginhistory.substack.com/p/more-on-the-second-shooter
I would say that if a 'device' has been geo-tracked to be present both in Crooks' home in small town Bethel Park, PA and also, of all places, in downtown Washington DC (240 miles distant), this is certainly somewhat improbable and a lead worth following. Especially if the device didn't belong to Crooks...But that's just me.
Really? By your terms it's improbable for any resident of Bethel Park PA to have ever traveled to the Imperial City? Without any reference to a time frame? No other relevant factors?
I'd be willing to bet that any person who has been in contact with Crooks will be interviewed, if they haven't already been interviewed. However, I find it improbable that that one trip to DC was undertaken to report to FBI handlers at a "diner", as is implied. There are far more discrete, low profile ways of handling this. There are such things as encrypted communications.
Before posting, I thought you might say this! Not *any* resident of Bethel Park, but a resident of Bethel Park who has been in Crooks' home. Of course it might be a false lead. But if it were me investigating I would follow it up...But, again, that's just me.
I'm trying to picture myself as the FBI handler of whoever that was. Yeah, c'mon to DC to meet with me--and make sure you keep the battery in your phone/device! C'mon to the place in the US with probably the highest number of security cameras per square foot in the US.
I know. The absence of any social media presence suggests that Crooks was trying to cover his tracks, electronic or otherwise. Why would the possessor of this device which was apparently found in Crooks' house (!) not power down his phone when he travelled to DC? So many questions...
New here. Why was Christopher Wray at one time working as an attorney for both Russian GAZPROM and ROZNEFT? I’m doing research.
At a guess, because they were paying him big bucks for his connections?
NY Post FBI not trusted by local police across the country......It is not DEI hires. It is corruption and Stasi behavior.
https://nypost.com/2024/07/24/opinion/local-cops-refusing-to-share-info-with-fbi-as-agency-suffers-crisis-of-confidence-with-dei-hires-whistleblower-report-reveals/
Lots to unpack there.
Out there speculation coming.
I wonder if anyone has a grouping of the shots? If 8 shots were fired then Cook may not have been aiming for Trump after-all.
Could the patsy have been set up to be the secret hero to save Trump and target his supposed would be assassin? Then take the fall for trying to assassinate Trump?
His brazenness would suggest he had some ‘inside’ knowledge and knew he wouldn’t be harassed.
Assuming that the FBI is not lying (not always a given) about recovering 8 casings near Crooks, that would explain the volley of 3 shots and volley of 5 shots in all the recordings. I’ve seen a variety of explanations for the different acoustics, some of which seem plausible.
However, I’ve still not seen any responses to the John Cullen video where he shows 4 or 5 people on the top row of the bleachers reacting to the first gun shot. They were not all in the line of fire of a single bullet from Crooks’ position, yet all of them appear to have been grazed or hit, or their clothes or possessions hit, simultaneously with the first shot. Also, there is a puff of smoke from a bullet hitting the railing, but the railing was not behind any of the people who were wounded from Crooks’ line of fire on shot one.
Cullen presents his analysis from minutes 53 to 75 in this video. I’ve imagined a variety of explanations from deceptive photo angles to variable neuronal response times, but the spread of victims just can’t be reconciled with a single shot from Crooks’ position. What do you think?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hKuo2qW6uE
The coverup operation:
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2024/07/the-napolitano-coverup-commission.php
So all the members either hate or despise Trump. Either Bushies or Democrats.
I’m surprised Bill Barr is not on the commission.
LOL!
That seemed like pretty much a dead giveaway.
I doubt they would be involved also, but I don't trust them to investigate fully. They did nothing when Hillary committed crimes. James Comey said no reasonable prosecutor would prosecute someone for having classified material on a sever in her house? WTH? People go to jail for taking pictures of the submarine they serve on.
Reasonable prosecutors do prosecute guilty people no matter who they are. I'm afraid the agency that we all once trusted takes sides now. If Trump did what she did they would definitely investigate and prosecute. I'm sorry it is like this. It's hard to believe. I wish I could believe otherwise, but covering for Bidens crimes hunters crimes and hillaries crimes shows other wise. I wish the agency was full of the good old non partisan honest people like you Mark, I'm afraid it's not anymore.
Yes IF it is a legit investigation. But we have seen The FBI scoop up evidence of Bidens money laundering family and Hunters crimes and sit on them forever claiming it is "under investigation".
A Congressman on TV the other night said he "does not trust" The FBI and their investigation.
First, full disclosure. I've been to Gallery Pl. myself--to attend a wedding reception.
I'll go out on a limb and say that as far as the FBI investigation is concerned, I believe the greater danger is a coverup of wrongdoing of some sort, rather than that the FBI was involved in the assassination. And no regular reader here thinks I trust the FBI.
But regarding this Oversight Project, they omit very relevant data--dates and times. Without that information the other data is essentially meaningless. I'd be very suspicious of people who cherry pick what data they're going to present.
After the Whiter kidnapping plot and J6 involvement, I wouldn't trust Wray or anyone else in the eff-bee-eye to get within spitting distance of investigating this.
I think the Russian perspective is the correct one. Some people want to eliminate the two candidates "by hook or by crook". They tried to use the Courts to eliminate Trump, first to get him thrown off the ballot, then trying to put him in prison. Those attempts failed. They tried to get Trump to come get the classified papers and he refused so they sent it to him instead, then raided his house! But Jack Smith was appointed illegally so The Judge has tossed that case too. What are desperate people to do?
It could be a meeting at a diner for lunch in the area with a "contact". Staying out of the office itself. It's suspicious and for that phone to go dead the day before is suspicious.
That doesn't actually work. The device was a "regular" visitor to Crooks' residence and work, but as far as we know only visited Gallery Pl. in DC *once.* That could have been for any reason at all. Surely the device didn't drop from the sky into Gallery Pl.? If not, then that device was also in other places in DC, but we haven't been told where those other places are. That's not a very strong correlation--I've done this type of analysis. The two FBI buildings "in the same vicinity"--we don't know which is being referred to--are both blocks away. It's just not a strong correlation.
If this is a legit investigation the FBI is all over every single one of Crooks' contacts, but Wray is not going to identify those people in public testimony. I would bet that they know who the "regular" visitor is and have contacted the person.
This is a convincing hypothesis. However for the sake of argument, why wouldn't Hanlon's Razor apply to the incident?
The reason why Hanlon's Razor shouldn't apply to this incident is that this CANNOT be attributed to mere stupidity. The level of incompetence needed to allow a man armed with a rifle within 140 yards in an elevated position with a direct line of sight to a Secret Service protectee is simply not possible given what we know about the history and training of the Secret Service. It isn't a possible explanation.
The Secret Service suddenly forgot about protecting an elevated position within 140 yards of the man they were supposed to protect? And they allowed a man with a rifle to shoot him in the head? All because of incompetence? There isn't enough DEI in the world to explain that.
Of course, this doesn't mean that the SS had to be working with Crooks or have some master plan. They simply had to leave a wide opening, knowing that they had ginned up enough hatred for the next 'Hitler' to allow a deranged young man or a trained Iranian assassin - anyone would do - to step through.
My assume is Trump got the E team.
A team on R&R
B team to nato summit in dc.
C team to Dr. Jill Biden event
D team to Kamala event
E team including non Ss people from homeland security led by cyber security Ss person (ss includes cyber security, trafficked kids, and protection of senior officials).
Even the E team knows that you have to protect rooftops within easy rifle range of the former/next President. Even I know that. And I have zero experience with protective detail of any kind. It doesn't pass the smell test to allow that rooftop to be open. This isn't a close call.
Perhaps it was the f group.
Joe Biden gets the A group.
my gut feeling is the assignment was deliberate to give the assassin a chance.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-K4BvF_sb3Y
The "F"ed up group.
There are many articles, I only posted one.
I don't doubt you. I saw that days ago. I'm quite sure the FBI knows this too. The location is also close to other government buildings.
Here is the article......
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2024/07/pic-trump-shooters-alleged-connection-with-fbi-office-exposed-report/
I won't say there's no connection--I don't know one way or another. I will say that for now that's like saying someone's phone was found "in the vicinity of the Capitol" on J6. Not probative of a thing, but a possible lead.
The Heritage Foundation went and bought what is known as geofencing information for his residence, and workspaces to see who visited him before the attempt. They discovered 3 phones visited him at work and home prior to the attempt, some went dead afterwards. At least one of the phones also visited Washington DC very near an FBI field office. Go look it up.
I've seen it, but you wouldn't expect Wray to mention that.